Distribution-fixture.



' No. 881,963. I PATENYTED MAR.17,1908. w D. soo'm. DISTRIBUTIONFIXTURE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 11, 1906. RENEWED 001. 7, 1907.

WILLIAM D. SCOTT, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

DISTRIB UTION-FIX'IURE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 17', 1908.

Application filed May 11, 1906, Serial No. 316,332. Renewed October 7,1907. Serial No. 396,325.

.T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM D. Soon, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inDistributioil-Fixtures, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has for its object to provide means for supporting overheadlines from distribution points, and while in the accompanyingdrawings Ihave shown it as applied to a telegraph or analogous pole, it will beunderstood that it is applicable for use in connection with other formsof supports, its object being to provide a construction by which aplurality of insulators may be carried in a circle and from which linesmay be distributed, the device to be of such a char acter as to permitits use with supports varying in diameter so that it may .be readilyapplied and removed from such supports, and for this purpose it consistsin the 0011- struction, arrangement, and combination of the severalparts of which it is composed, as will be hereinafter more fullydescribed and claimed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings in which corresponding parts aredesignated by corresponding marks of referenceFigure 1. is a sideelevation of a fixture con structed in accordance with this invention.Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same.

The fixture consists essentially of two supporting collars 1, 1, eachbeingsplit and provided with ears 2, 2, at such split portion, throughwhich ears are passed clamping bolts 3, by which the collars may betightened upon the support 1, shown in the drawing as a telegraph pole.These collars are spaced some distance apart, and between them and thesupport, at intervals around the same are located supporting strips 5,the upper and lower ends 6 of which project radially from the support.An'insulator 7 is carried above and below each end 6 of the supportingstrips, being fastened thereto by insulator bolts 8. Each supportingstrip is secured to one of the collars 1, by a bolt 9, the bolts ofadjacent strips being alternately through the two collars, while eachstrip and one of the collars are also secured. to the post by a drivescrew 10, these screws in adjacent strips being alternately passedthrough the two collars, so that each strip is secured to one collar bythe bolt 9, and to the other collar and the support by the drive screw10, the arrangement being such that the attachment of the adjacentstrips to the post and collars alternate around the post at the level ofeach collar. At the drive screws 10, the collars are perforated as at11, to permit the insertion of drive screws and to permit them to bedriven home. It will thus be seen that the collars and supporting stripsmay be assembled free from the post and may be securely locked in placeon the post by means of the drive screws 1 0. The clamping bolts inconnection with the split collars form an adjustment of the latter toaccommodate posts of different diameters and to permit the collars tofit snugly thereon, while the drive screws securely lock the wholesupport from displacement on the post.

It is obvious that wires may be secured to the insulators in any desiredmanner, and that as the insulators are arranged. radially around thesupport, wires may be led from the support in any desired. directionwithout interference or crossing each other.

As a convenient means of holding a cable adjacent to the insulators, Imay, as shown in the drawing use semi-elliptical bands 12, with straightends 13. The lower ends of such bands may be inserted beneath the lowercollar 1, between each adjacent pair of strips 5, and the upper end aswell as the lower end secured. to the support 4, by means of screws 14,as shown. It will be noted, that as the collars are spaced away from thesupport by the thickness of the strips 5, this insertion of the bandsbeneath the lower collar may be readily made and that the weight ofconductors contained within such bands is thereby carried directly bythe. col lars themselves.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is 1. In a distributing fixture, thecombination with a plurality of adjustable collars, of supporting stripscarried by the said collars, and projecting above and below the same,and insulators carried by the proj ecting parts of said strips,substantially as described.

2. In a distributing fixture, the combination with a supporting collar,of supporting strips attached thereto, insulators carried by thesupporting strips and fastenings extending through the supporting collarand strips adapted to secure the fixture in place, substantially asdescribed.

3. In a distributing fixture, the combination of a plurality ofsupporting collars, sup porting strips, means for fastening the collarsand strips together, fastenings extending through the collars, andstrips adapted to secure the fixture in place, and insulators carried bythe supporting strips, substantially as described.

4. In a distributing fixture, the combination with a circular series ofinsulators and a series of supports forming a circular conduit adjacentto such insulators, substantially as described.

5. In a distributing fixture, the combination of two series ofinsulators each arranged radially around a center and in differentvertical planes, and a circular conduit arranged around the same centerbut in a plane intermediate of the two series of insulators,substantially as described.

6. In a distributing fixture, the combination with two split collars,clamping bolts adapted to contract said collars, supporting stripsfastened to the collars and separating the same, having above and belowthe said collars radially projecting ends, collars carried by theprojecting ends of the strips, and fastenings extending through thestrips and collars for securing the fixture in place, substantially asdescribed.

7. In a distributing fixture, the combination with a plurality ofcollars, supporting strips secured thereto and supporting the same, thesaid strips having radially projecting ends above and below the collars,in-

sulators carried by the ends of the supporting strips, and bandsarranged adjacent to the collars and. between the upper and lower seriesof insulators, forming a circular conduit adjacent thereto,substantially as described.

Signed at Bufl'alo, New York this 23 day of April 1906.

WILLIAM D. SCOTT.

Witnesses:

JOHN R. JosLYN. G. NOONAN.

